According to Mayor Joe Anderson, Everton's proposed new stadium site at the Bramley Moore Dock is the "elephant in the room."

No-one was willing to talk about the site by name, but at last night's Everton General Meeting, the Mayor of Liverpool said: "The waterfront site, it’s what everybody in this room wants, me included, and we’re aware of that.

“But as someone said, it is a complex issue."

Chairman Bill Kenwright added: “Look guys, there’s no real question as to where we want to be, there is no real question. We have alternatives but we are working studiously towards that, we have made visits.”

And Chief Executive Robert Elstone went on: "We are optimistic about the new stadium prospects.